The Internet is obsessed with one question: Is this dress gold or blue? Is That Dress White and Gold or Blue and Black? (Published 2015) What color do you see? Debate rages over color of dress photographed in rare light Carson City's Trusted News Source Since 1865 One Shoulder Draped Maxi Dress Black Gold The actual dress was black and blue. The confusion came from how lighting and color perception tricked people's brains, making some see it as white and gold. It became a viral example